Thursday, March 29, 2012

I see that Judith Collins has now served defamation papers on Messrs Mallard and Little. If I were those persons I would be very very afraid.

Collins is a lawyer with a mind as sharp as a tack. She would not have done this lightly and on a whim. She knows full well that unless her case is rock solid it could backfire big time and no lawyer, let alone a Minister of Justice, would ever issue proceedings unless they had total confidence they would stand the high test necessary to achieve a guilty verdict. It is a big call. Judith Collins has made it and, as I said, Mallard and Little should be very very afraid.

One wonders if they have been bright enough to put their personal fortunes into Trusts?

Man she must be really shitting herself to be resorting to such a desperate stunt. No one's tried to use the courts to make their political problems go away since the last time the PM tried it. She might be gone soon.

As for her being as sharp as a tack, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Judge .... only 100% wrong. Mallard and Little have to prove what they said was correct. If they can't then the defamation is proven.

As to the quantum. Well, if the Courts determine the defamation is malicious then the sky's the limit .... and just when has Mallard been anything but malicious in his utterances.

I would have thought that if your ndp indicated some knowledge of the law then even you might have twigged to the difference between robust political comment and actual defamation. Collins is an idiot is Ok in that context. Alleging that she leaked a letter is another kettle of fish and unless they have proof of that then I suggest they are in the deep doggy do.

You know less about the laws of defamation than you do about the economy Vet, and that's quite a statement. Collins is simply trying to muzzle debate, using bully boy tactics. You can guess why. Anyway, has she even followed through on her little threat?